“Just like an alley in New York -like every alley in the world, apparently- it smelled like cat pee.”

“Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.”

“Just like a murderer jumps out of nowhere in an alley, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once”

“Life is one damned kitten after another." Mehitabel the Alley Cat”

“Messin with me, is like wearing cheese underwear down rat alley. Ollie Chandler in Deception”

“I clicked the gate shut and slipped down the alley. Through one fence after another, I caught glimpses of people in their dining rooms and living rooms, eating and watching TV dramas. Food smells drifted into the alley through kitchen windows and exhaust fans. One teenaged boy was practicing a fast passage on his electric guitar, with the volume turned down. In a second floor window, a tiny girl was studying at her desk, an earnest expression on her face. A married couple in a heated argument sent their voices out to the alley. A baby was screaming. A telephone rang. Reality spilled out into the alley like water from an overfilled bowl - as sound, as smell, as image, as plea, as response.”